Hi,<\/p>\n
Right now I’m not a Christian, but I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately. Death kind of scares me, I mean I’m only 14 but still. I kind of wanted to know what you believe, why you believe it, and what I should do, and what happens after death. I also wanted to know what happens to my loved ones. I mean, will I be reunited with them when I die? If everyone was reunited with their loved ones wouldn’t it just kind of be messy because everyone is related in the end? Just looking for some answers is all, please don’t be offended by my questions.<\/p>\n\t
Good questions, asked sincerely, are never offensive. I’m happy that you asked.<\/p>\n
The questions are a bit broad and tough to answer in a single email response. Let me start with some material that I already wrote and if this leaves you with more questions, then please ask.<\/p>\n
One thing you need to remember is that what happens to a person is based solely on what that person has done. Whether your relatives go to heaven or hell has no impact on where you go. The only thing that matters is how you lived your life in accordance with God’s teachings. “The soul who sins shall die. The son shall not bear the guilt of the father, nor the father bear the guilt of the son. The righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon himself<\/em>” (Ezekiel 18:20). Ideally, we all live righteously so that we might all live in eternal joy with each other.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Question: Hi, Right now I’m not a Christian, but I’ve been thinking a lot about it lately. Death kind of scares me, I mean I’m only 14 but still. I kind of wanted to know what you believe, why you believe it, and what I should do, and what happens after death. 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